Caloric content of pies

Pies are the most popular kind of bakery products throughout a long span. It can be explained with high tastes of a dish and its nutrition value. At the same time the average caloric content of pies is rather high.

How many calories in pie

Caloric content of pies averages 250 kcal on 100 g of a product. Certainly, this value can change in this or that party depending on quantitative and qualitative structure, and also a way of preparation of pies. At the same time approximate energy value of a dish looks as follows:

• Proteins – 13 g,
• Fats – 7 g,
• Carbohydrates – 33 g.

On tables of the Slavic people pies appeared during an era of the Middle Ages and today by right are considered as a national dish of Slavic cuisine. The main components of pies are dough and a stuffing which production compounding directly influences the general caloric content of pies. For example, the caloric content of pies with meat it is obvious above, than the caloric content of pies with any vegetable stuffing.

One of the most popular are cabbage and potato pies. They differ in the harmonious balanced taste, for a long time give feeling of satiety, prepare from available and usual products and at the same time differ from each other on caloric content a little. Approximate caloric content of pie with cabbage makes about 190 kcal on 100 g of a product whereas the average caloric content of pie with potato – 270 kcal.

Certainly that the caloric content of pies baked will be lower, than the caloric content of pies fried (approximately twice). If the caloric content of baked pies not always "holds on" to 200 kcal, then the caloric content of fried pies exceeds 350 kcal on 100 g of a dish. As well as in a case with any other fried dish, their consumption should be minimized. At the same time it is not necessary to consider baked pies a useful and dietary dish.

The pies which are traditionally baked by our compatriots represent a high-calorific dish with rather high glycemic index, and it means that the use of pies stimulates appetite in large numbers and leads to sharp increase in body weight.

How to reduce the caloric content of pies

The wheat flour of the premium used at production of various pies is poor in valuable elements and, in fact, is a source of empty calories. Besides, such carbohydrates quickly are acquired and become the obesity reason. Not to grow thin in the conditions of the oppressing bans and deprivations, fans of pies who, nevertheless, watch own body weight should reduce the caloric content of pies and to replace such flour with flour of lower grade (the second, etc.).

Flour of low grades contains inclusions from grain covers, vitamin-rich groups B and rough food fibers. At the expense of it the caloric content of a ready-made product decreases, digestion time increases, the glycemic index decreases. It is possible to add also in addition to flour bran to strengthen this effect.

The potato stuffing of pies which is made by the principle of mashed potatoes can be replaced with the mashed potatoes made from potatoes baked or boiled in uniforms. Creamy it is a little quite good to replace olive (in it it is possible to fry quickly small cut onions), and to use milk with the lowered fat content percent.

It is also reasonable to add chopped greens to such stuffing – a source of valuable vegetable fibers, vitamins and microelements. It is necessary to be guided by similar receptions on replacement also at production of pies with other types of a stuffing.

The pies baked according to such recipes will be not less tasty, but are much more valuable and useful from the point of view of maintenance of normal body weight and health in general.